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Lanchester road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 226 road traffic collisions in Lanchester, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 351 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 50 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
226
1,822nd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
351
1.55 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
50
60 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Lanchester

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41.8%
  • Serious5022%
  • Slight17276%

What the data shows

  • Lanchester had 25 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 50 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Lanchester were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 59 children under 16 were killed or injured in Lanchester, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 46% of collisions in Lanchester.

Where Lanchester ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,822nd
Most casualties
1,645th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,728th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday32 (14%)
  • Tuesday37 (16%)
  • Wednesday35 (15%)
  • Thursday38 (17%)
  • Friday32 (14%)
  • Saturday25 (11%)
  • Sunday27 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight161 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit61 (27%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway225 (100%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph135 (60%)
  • 40 mph84 (37%)
  • 60 mph7 (3.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds182 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds34 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.3%)
  • Other1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant249 (71%)
  • Pedestrian49 (14%)
  • Motorcyclist21 (6%)
  • Cyclist14 (4%)
  • Van occupant10 (2.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Lanchester road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Lanchester, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Lanchester peaked at 10 in 2008; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202513
202446
202311
202234
202112
202022
201955
201833
201735
201622
201533
2014811
201312
201247
2011412
2010712
200967
20081014
2007713
200600
200556
200467
200347
200249
200111
200045
199945
1998612
1997912
199679
1995811
19941017
1993617
199246
1991611
1990812
198935
198868
1987613
1986514
198566
1984710
198356
198258
198134
198055
1979811

Map of recent crashes in Lanchester

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Lanchester

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Lanchester

The 24 most recent collisions in Lanchester happened between 26 December 2016 and 5 February 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Lanchester

The A691 has the most collisions in Lanchester, 125 of 226 (55%), followed by the B6296 (25).

Collisions in Lanchester on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA691125221432
2ndB6296253506
3rdA6076121501
4thB63014501

Council area for Lanchester

Lanchester is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Lanchester accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Lanchester

All 226 collisions in Lanchester were in the DH7 postcode district.